Guard-rail



No. 6|U,665 Patented Sept. 13, I898.

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JOVINIANUS N. F. SIEBS, OF MIDDLE VILLAGE, NEXV YORK.

GUARD-RAIL.

srscrrrcarroiv forming part of Letters Patent No. 610,665, dated September 13, 1898.

A li ati n fil d Septemher 24, 1896. Serial No. 606,890. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOVINIANUS N. F. SIEBS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Middle Village,county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Guard-Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to that class of guardrails which are adapted for use upon open cars and which are designed to be thrown into and out of operative position, as desired.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple and improved guard-rail of this character which can be more readily and quickly operated and which will possess advantages in pointof convenience, ease and facility of operation, effectiveness, and general efficiency.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a car provided with my invention, the guard-rails being shown in operative position. Fig. 2 is a corresponding view showing the guard-rails thrown up out of operative position, and Fig. 3 is a detail end or edge View of the guard mechanism.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the upright posts which are usually provided at the sides of cars of the general construction to which my invention is adapted.

B designates a longitudinal rock shaft which is mounted in suitable bearings bnear the top of the posts A and has provided atits end or at other suitable points an operating handle or crank O.

Upon each alternate or intermediate post A is provided a vertical bar or rod D, adapted to slide Vertically in suitable bearings or brackets d and having at its top a rack d, adapted to be engaged by a segmental rack 19, projecting from the rock-shaft B. At their lower ends the bars D are provided with a plate or enlargement D, in which are formed mental slots (1 d respectively engaged by pins 6 upon the adjoining inner ends of a pair of guard-rails E, which are pivoted at said adjoininginner ends, as shown at e, to the intermediate post A. The outer free ends of the guardrails E are adapted to be received in and braced by suitable brackets F,provided upon'each alternate or intermediate post A between the alternate posts which carry the operating mechanism and to which the guard-rails are pivoted.

In operation when the rock-shaft is turned by means of the crank or handle the segmental racks engage with the racks at the tops of the vertical bars or rods and raise or lower the latter vertically in their bearings. As the segmentally-slotted plates are thus lowered with their carrying-bar each divergent pair of guard-rails is raised or lifted into vertical parallel positions with relation to the side post (see Fig. 2) by reason of the engagement of the pins at the adjoining pivoted ends of the guard-rails with'the segmental slots in the vertically-moving bar. By a reverse movement the guard-rails may be returned to normal operative position. (See Fig. 1.)

. It will be noted that in my invention the guard-rails are divided into connected pairs in lieu of a single longitudinal guard-rail, and each short rail thus provided has a pivotal movement upwardly, by which construction and arrangement the operation is more quickly and conveniently effected and controlled.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved guard-rail mechanism for cars, comprising arock-shaft carrying a segmental rack, a vertically-sliding bar or rod having a rack engaging with said segmental rack and provided at its lower end with a segmental slot, and a guard-rail pivoted at its inner end and provided with apin or stud received by said segmental slot, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A guard-rail mechanism for cars, comprising a rock-shaft carrying a segmental rack, means for operating said rock-shaft, a vertically-sliding bar or rod having a rack engaging said segmental rack and provided at its lower end with oppositely-divergent segmental slots, in combination with a pair of guard-rails having their adjoining inner ends pivotally mounted and respectively provided with projecting pins or studs engaging said segmental slots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The herein-described guard-rail mechanism for cars, comprising, in combination ing the segmental slots, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a guard-rail mechanism for cars, the combination, with a pairof guard-rails having their adjoining inner ends pivotally mounted and respectively provided with projecting pins or studs, of a vertically-sliding bar provided at its lower end with opposite divergent segmental slots engaging said pins or studs upon the respective guard-rails, and mechanism for operating said bar vertically, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 22d day of September, 1896.

JOVINIANUS N. F. SIEBS.

Witnesses: I O. SEDGWICK, B. MoCoMB. 

